9:47 AM,
Aug. 7, 2013

'This is a very disposable era,' Peter Frampton said. 'People don't listen and purchase music like the used to.'

Written by

Ed Condran
| For the Asbury Park Press

When Peter Frampton was asked about the death of the live album, the one-time mega-pop star just groaned.

The British singer-songwriter's first few albums had little commercial success. But then Frampton's life changed dramatically when "Frampton Comes Alive" dropped in 1976. The album sold more than 6 million copies in the United States and yielded such hits as "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do."

"I can't say why the studio versions of the songs that became hits weren't successful," Frampton said while calling from Nashville. "All I can think of when I hear ...